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i.am · 2012-09-18, 02:46

thanks for your quick replies arkitket ... i'll get the case fans if necessary later...

Arkitket · 2012-09-18, 02:59

No problem. I know some of the members have put in SilenX EFX-08-12 80mm's, but the Enermax UC-8EB are supposed to be really good fans as well.

i.am · 2012-09-18, 07:48

Ok.. got all the pieces together... Amazon's tax is messing up my budget ... Sad

Total (with tax minus rebates) is $479.40 .. a bit higher than what I had anticipated ..

Arkitket · 2012-09-18, 16:41

Do you need to buy strictly from Amazon? what are the parts you have in your cart, we can see if we can get it cheaper for you

i.am · 2012-09-18, 19:09

No, I don't need to buy strictly from Amazon, but I got most of them there. These are the parts that I already bought.

[SSD] Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (SSD) - SH103S3/120G ($99.00 - $35.00 MIR)
http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=230306365
[RAM] Kingston Technology HyperX Blu 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM (Kit of 2) XMP KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4GX ($24.99)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NWWM30
[MoBo] ASRock H77M LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard ($69.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813157303
[CPU] Intel Core i3-3220 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637i33220 ($129.99 - $10.00 IR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819116775
[Case] SilverStone Aluminum/Steel Micro ATX Media Center/HTPC Case ML03B (Black) ($53.99)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GGUAUE/
[PSU] SilverStone Strider 400W, 80 PLUS, Active PFC Power Supply ST40F-ES (Black) ($54.99)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0034XRDUK
[BluRay] Asus Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-Ray Drive (BC-12B1ST) ($49.99)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SUO...PDKIKX0DER

And here's the price breakdown:

Price Sub Total: $482.94
Tax: $41.46
Shipping: $0.00
Rebates: -$45.00
Grand Total: $479.40

Arkitket · 2012-09-18, 21:41

That's not too bad for prices. I generally use PCPartPicker.com to help find the lowest prices.

i.am · 2012-09-18, 23:59

(2012-09-18, 21:41)Arkitket Wrote: That's not too bad for prices. I generally use PCPartPicker.com to help find the lowest prices.

Ah.. good to know.. thanks...

i.am · 2012-10-01, 19:23

so i've got all the components and have put them all together... but when i turned it on, it did not boot up, the bios did not even come up.
then i disconnected the hdd, odd and ram to see if they made any difference, but it's the same... cpu fan worked and the power light lit up.. so i know that the mobo is getting power.. but nothing else.. no beep, nothing...

anybody has experienced this? how to troubleshoot??

GortWillSaveUs · 2012-10-01, 19:42

(2012-10-01, 19:23)i.am Wrote: so i've got all the components and have put them all together... but when i turned it on, it did not boot up, the bios did not even come up.
then i disconnected the hdd, odd and ram to see if they made any difference, but it's the same... cpu fan worked and the power light lit up.. so i know that the mobo is getting power.. but nothing else.. no beep, nothing...

anybody has experienced this? how to troubleshoot??

You've probably already did this,..but recheck every connection and trace all wires back and forth.
Then,,,,have someone double check for you.
You may have missed one power connection to the mobo.
It is a frequent oversight,...so don't worry.

Arkitket · 2012-10-01, 23:42

(2012-10-01, 19:42)GortWillSaveUs Wrote:
(2012-10-01, 19:23)i.am Wrote: so i've got all the components and have put them all together... but when i turned it on, it did not boot up, the bios did not even come up.
then i disconnected the hdd, odd and ram to see if they made any difference, but it's the same... cpu fan worked and the power light lit up.. so i know that the mobo is getting power.. but nothing else.. no beep, nothing...

anybody has experienced this? how to troubleshoot??

You've probably already did this,..but recheck every connection and trace all wires back and forth.
Then,,,,have someone double check for you.
You may have missed one power connection to the mobo.
It is a frequent oversight,...so don't worry.

When I first assembled mine I had connected the 24 pin power, but missed the 8 pin CPU power plug. Make sure that all power connections outlayed in your motherboards manual are connected with the PSU.

i.am · 2012-10-01, 23:54

(2012-10-01, 23:42)Arkitket Wrote:
(2012-10-01, 19:42)GortWillSaveUs Wrote:
(2012-10-01, 19:23)i.am Wrote: so i've got all the components and have put them all together... but when i turned it on, it did not boot up, the bios did not even come up.
then i disconnected the hdd, odd and ram to see if they made any difference, but it's the same... cpu fan worked and the power light lit up.. so i know that the mobo is getting power.. but nothing else.. no beep, nothing...

anybody has experienced this? how to troubleshoot??

You've probably already did this,..but recheck every connection and trace all wires back and forth.
Then,,,,have someone double check for you.
You may have missed one power connection to the mobo.
It is a frequent oversight,...so don't worry.

When I first assembled mine I had connected the 24 pin power, but missed the 8 pin CPU power plug. Make sure that all power connections outlayed in your motherboards manual are connected with the PSU.

Oow.. there's an 8-pin cpu power plug? i hope that's what i'm missing.. i'll check it tonight when i get back home...

i.am · 2012-10-02, 19:18

yes.. that was it.. rookie mistake.. i didnt know about the 8 pin cpu power... haha.. all up & running now with ubuntu... will keep u guys posted.. thanks for the help!

roach9 · 2012-10-03, 02:23

Out of curiosity, why did you go with such a big SSD drive?

Are you running Linux XBMC?

i.am · 2012-10-04, 03:50

(2012-10-03, 02:23)roach9 Wrote: Out of curiosity, why did you go with such a big SSD drive?

Are you running Linux XBMC?

yes.. planning to run linux xbmc (still in progress)
found the SSD on sale.. around $65 .. about the same price as smaller SSD.. so i thought no harm in putting bigger ssd...

RaggSokk3n · 2012-10-04, 07:04

A bigger ssd actually preforms better, if you don't need all the space then leave some unformatted (format 90-100GB of a 120GB drive)
SandForce controllers and newer will take note of unformatted space and will use this together with trim to increase performance significantly.